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CASE70973: Horary consultation concerning Henry Woollen (PERSON62225)

Question asked by Woollen (PERSON62224) on 1 June 1630 at 06:00

RN Henry woollen of Mason 30 y Iune 1. h. 6 a{nt} m. 1630. /frater sine cōs{ensu}\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘light headed’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 425 (upper right part of page)

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CASE74542: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Bridget Sutton (PERSON59811)

Question asked by Mr Sutton (PERSON59804) on 7 May 1632 at 16:00

RN Mr Bridget Sutton. of Patsthill 20 y. may h. 4. p. m 1632. |pater sine consensu| light headed & cōmonly senceles.

had physick & was let blood by mr Iams yet not the better.

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 142 (middle left part of page)

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CASE75666: Horary consultation concerning Mr Adam Graves [Gray] (PERSON50222)

Question asked by the patient on 10 October 1632 at 13:25

RN Adam Graves of Litlington in Cābridg shere by Royston 31 y octob 10 h. 1. 25 |13 y by fits ill| head light

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 64 (upper right part of page)

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CASE67735: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Ayres (PERSON43156)

Question asked by the patient on 16 February 1629 at 15:00

RN Mres {A} {sic} Eare at Weston 30 \26/ y feb 2 16 . h. 3. p m 16291

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘head light & nutch {sic} Distēpered feareth a distraction’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 56r (upper left part of page)

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CASE20742: Horary consultation concerning Maud Richardson (PERSON15318)

Question asked by the patient on 8 March 1604 at 11:30

RN Maud Richardson of ShuttleAnger stoack parish 18 y martij 8 hor 11. 30 ant m 1604 a poer wench fatherles head very light cānot sleepe ever sinc weddensdy last was fortnight.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 32r (upper right part of page)

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CASE26242: Horary consultation concerning Frances Dorrington (PERSON62624)

Question asked by the patient on 24 April 1607 at 06:15

RN francis dorrington 19 y Ap 24. h. 6. 15 ant m 1607 a gentlewomā subiect to many melancholy passions swodings {sic} mother |lighte headed./|

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 181, f. 167r (upper, and middle left parts of page)

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CASE30740: Horary consultation concerning Henry [Harry] Doe (PERSON11337)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON26291) on 1 March 1607 at 13:25

RN Henry Doe of Cranfild 23 y march. 1. h. 1. 25 p m 16071

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘light headed talketh of sathan mynd not quiet’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 94v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE44470: Horary consultation concerning Anne Simons (PERSON35347)

Question asked by Lady Wainman (PERSON21059) on 17 March 1617 at 16:40

RN my lady Weanemā march 17 for a young gentlewomā distracted march |i|{sic}. {5}|{4}|0 p m 1617 /of 20 yeres {sic}\ /An Symons 20 y of Brightwell\ /was troubled wth ye mother. /6 weekes ill\\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘light headed & distracted.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 198, f. 89v (upper left part of page)

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CASE53676: Horary consultation concerning Goodman Matthew Cardwell (PERSON45583)

Question asked by the patient on 10 March 1622 at 09:30

RN Goodmā Cardwell of this towne sent his water march 10 h. 9. 30 ant m 1622 1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘head light sweateth tēpted mutch wynd & melancholy’ in chart

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 223, f. 18r (bottom right part of page)

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CASE63502: Horary consultation concerning Mr William Hutchinson (PERSON52241)

Question asked by Hutchinson (PERSON52243) and Hutchinson (PERSON52236) on 28 March 1627 at 10:20 or at 10:30

RN Mr Williā Hutchingson: 40. y: march. 28. h. 10. 25|0|. ant m. 1627. |vxor marito a tale big mā. wth yell hayre very mery & cheerfull by his owne nature & cōplexion taketh mutch tobacco pater filio sine cōsensu/|

[Astrological Chart]

Mr Will: Hutchinson 40 y of Blūsā in Hutington {sic} sheere hard by Erith march 28. h. 10 30 ant m 1627.

a tale yell hayre very Ioviall & mery by his owne disposition very Kind & yet thrifty.

he was Chaplyn to B And |in| \his owne/ who bestowed on him a good sonage & prbend

Mr Hutchingson a prach a|&| a chaplyn to B Andros 40 y Iuly March 28 h. 10. 30 ant m 1627. /brayne distempered extree {sic} proud of his gifts Iealous of his wife\1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘light headed distenperd in his breane Iealous of his wife’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, ff. 39r-v, 40r (f. 39r upper right, f. 39v upper left, f. 39v upper right, and f. 40r middle right)

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CASE73567: Horary consultation concerning Mr Robert Goldsmith (PERSON49997)

Question asked by Mr William Marsh [March] (PERSON33018) on 31 December 1631 at 11:00

RN Rob: Goldsnynth {sic} decēb 31 h {sic} hor 11 ant m 1631 light headed mynd troubled Mr Marsh of Dunstable sent

had a pomāder & Did pull it of was well as long as he kept it

craveth anothr pomander

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 369 (upper right part of page)

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CASE28959: Horary consultation concerning Mr Edward Richardson (PERSON15291)

Question asked by the patient on 8 May 1605 at 12:30

RN Edward Richardson of Densanger 32 y. maij 8. h. 12. 30 p m 1605.

full faced & a goodly eloquent toungue. weepeth mutch cānot set his mynd about any worldly busynes1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘wepeth mutch mightely troubled & distempered in myd hed light.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 88v (upper right part of page)

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CASE53373: Horary consultation concerning George Smith (PERSON58988)

Question asked by the patient on 26 November 1621 at 08:00

RN Georg Smyth of Colemurth in Bedfordsheere maryed a twelfmonthe on child 2|3|2 y novēb. 26 . h. 8 ant m. 162i was prsent lightheaded1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘lightheaded mynd troubled’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 143v (upper right part of page)

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CASE72253: Horary consultation concerning Joan James (PERSON52443)

Question asked by the patient on 2 June 1631 at 06:30

RN It took her wth a sweating in her hand & then a lightnes in her head. may 8. h. 6. ant m 163i /in her arms. the thursday before was pinched /\church going\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 392 (bottom left part of page)

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CASE13536: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Miller [Richardson] (PERSON15311)

Question asked by Goodman Thomas Richardson (PERSON15301) on 14 July 1598 at 07:45

RN Millers 1598 Iul. 14. die h. 7. mi. 12. 45 m. Thomas Richardson for his wife. to know what wilbe her end. about 30 yeres old. shee suspecteth shee hath bene bewitched light headed & talketh mutch of the devill shee can not speake sometimes in her fit letteth out her excrement.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 209v (upper part of page)

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CASE21973: Horary consultation concerning Henry Fisher (PERSON11750)

Question asked by the patient on 28 February 1605 at 09:00

RN Henry fishr of Eastcot a serving mā to my lord Harrington 40 y febr 28 hor. 9. ant m 1605. crased in braine put out of service by his Mres for the love of a mayd.1

[Astrological Chart]

he sent only to knowe when he should fynd me at home yt he might come over vnto me./

Notes:

1 ‘hed ill & gydye mynd troubled stomacke & hart ill.’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 224r (upper left part of page)

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/search?f33-treatment=No;f35-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind%3A%3ALightheaded%20%28passions%29;startDoc=21, accessed 2 April 2025.